BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.23
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 2.8 million tons in Kazakhstan over the period of the first nine months of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 2.9 percent decrease in comparison to the same period of 2019. This volume also includes sulfur extraction volumes.
In turn, the volume of sulfur output in Sept. 2020 stood at 289,300 tons, which is 14.5 percent less than in Sept. 2019.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 401,200 million tons over nine months of 2020, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 8.8 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in Sept. amounted to 57,500 cubic meters, which is a decrease of 1 percent compared to Sept. 2019.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 4.8 million cubic meters in nine months and 637,500 cubic meters in September, which is respectively 21.3 percent and 16.3 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.4 million tons over nine months and 163,600 tons in Sept. 2020, which is 3.1 percent land 11.5 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 167,500 tons over nine months (an increase of 7 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 770,367 tons, which is 3.2 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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